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[[Image:Capanna 1968.jpg|thumb|250px|Mario Capanna as student leader (1968)]] |
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'''Mario Capanna''' (born 1945) is an [[Italy|Italian]] politician and writer. |
'''Mario Capanna''' (born 1945) is an [[Italy|Italian]] politician and writer. |
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In 1975 he entered politics, adhering to the [[Proletarian Unity Party]] (PdUP), which later merged with [[Proletarian Democracy]] (DP). Capanna was charismatic leader of the latter until June 27, 1987, when he resigned, succeeded by [[Giovanni Russo Spena]]. |
In 1975 he entered politics, adhering to the [[Proletarian Unity Party]] (PdUP), which later merged with [[Proletarian Democracy]] (DP). Capanna was charismatic leader of the latter until June 27, 1987, when he resigned, succeeded by [[Giovanni Russo Spena]]. |
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Capanna had been elected for the DP to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] ( |
Capanna had been elected for the DP to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] (1983–1987), and to the [[European Parliament]] (1979). |
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In 1989 he broke away from the DP to form the [[Rainbow Greens]]. |
In 1989 he broke away from the DP to form the [[Rainbow Greens]]. |
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Mario Capanna (born 1945) is an Italian politician and writer.
Biography
Born in Città di Castello, he studied Philosophy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, and was the leader of the Italian students' movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969 he was attacked by exponents of the neo-Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano.
In 1975 he entered politics, adhering to the Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP), which later merged with Proletarian Democracy (DP). Capanna was charismatic leader of the latter until June 27, 1987, when he resigned, succeeded by Giovanni Russo Spena.
Capanna had been elected for the DP to the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1983–1987), and to the European Parliament (1979).
In 1989 he broke away from the DP to form the Rainbow Greens.
Capanna is currently President of the Committee for Genetical Rights, an independent association devoted to information on Biotechnology.
Selected works
- Formidabili quegli anni (1988)
- Arafat (1989)
- Speranze (1994)
- Il fiume della prepotenza (1996)
- Lettera a mio figlio sul '68 (1998)
- L'Italia viva (2000)
- Verrò da te (2003)
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